Osmanlı Dönemi Arap Şairlerinden Ahmed el-Behlûl ve Hz. Peygamber’e Methiyelerinde Muhteva
Ottoman Arabic Poet Ahmed el-Behlûl and the Contents of His Eulogies to Prophet Muhammad

Summary/Abstract: Ahmed b. Huseyn el-Behlûl, who was born and raised in Tripoli, a province of the Ottomans in the 17th century, received education from the most important scholars of Egypt and then returned to his hometown. Ottoman poet Ahmed el-Behlûl is also a scholar who was interested in various fields. Behlûl has dedicated his entire divan (collected poems) known as ed-Durru’l-Asfâ ve’z-Zebercedu’l-Musaffâ fî Medhi’l-Mustafâ to the eulogy of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The Divan, which is famous in North Africa and particularly in Libya, is a cinquain written to Kâdî İyâz’s el-‘Iyâdiyye poem and consists of 29 poems each of which begin with the 29 letters of the Arabic alphabet and each cinquain ends with the same letters. The poet mentions the Prophet Muhammad’s (pbuh) birth, lineage, social ethics and good appearance, miracles, how polytheism ended with Him, intercession, His superiority among other prophets, holy places where He lived, the yearning for Him, the importance of saying salawat on Him, on His Ahl al-Bayt (Family of the House) and companions, that He is the savior from sins and mistakes, and the privilege of being His ummah.

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